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Thursday, March 08, 2012

Elements of Love

One of my most favorite Stampin' Up sets EVER is the Elements of Style set. It's not really my "style" so to speak, but I still LOVE the elegance the set has with it's roses and hummingbird.

My parents anniversary (their 35th) is tomorrow and I really wanted to make them something special...and since my mom is all about flowers and roses, I pulled out the Elements of Style set by Stampin Up and then did a gallery search on Splitcoaststampers in the SU gallery for that set to get some inspiration. If you have never done that you HAVE to! Ooo-la-la! There are some stunning creations! But one really grabbed me...check out Moments by Kyann22. That purple is gorgeous! And the effect of the butterfly spotlighting is brilliant! So I decided to use this idea for my own card.

I opted with Old Olive and Rose Red for my colors--two of my mom's favorite colors! While kyann22 used Aqua Painters, I tried that and totally sucked at it! LOL! So I used my Copics. I decided on a sentiment from the Everyday Button Bits set by Papertrey Ink for my sentiment. A bit of dry embossing, a scrap of bridal lace and a bit of bling finished my card!

I stamped the inside roses with Rose Red ink and an anniversary sentiment.

I'm sure my mom is going to love this and the way it looks with the butterfly coming out of the picture...it's just something that can't be photographed well. But it looks REALLY cool! LOL!

Lisa, your butterfly spotlight within the flowers looks fantastic on this great anniversary card! So glad to see your entry at the Crafts and Me Stamps digi team's Things with Wings challenge. Hugz, ~ Rose